Dr. Koustuv Dalal
Director, Centre for Injury Prevention
and Safety Promotion (CIPSP)
School of Health and Medical Sciences
Orebro University, Orebro – 701 82,
Sweden
Associate Professor for Public Health
Sciences (Health Economist)
Associate Professor for Health care
Sciences
Email: koustuv2010@hotmail.com (preferred), Koustuv.dalal@oru.se
Qualifications
2008 Ph.D.,
Karolinska Institute, Sweden, Public Health Sciences (Social Medicine)
1995 PGDip, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India, Human Resource Management
1993 M.Sc.,
University of Calcutta, India, Applied Economics
1991 B.Ss (Honours).,
University of Calcutta, India, Economics
Publications (Selected)
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Dalal K*, Eriksson C. Do
functional problem and livelihood disturbances in and around home trigger
injuries? Health 2014 (in press).
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Zhang LL, Dalal K, Wang SM. Injury
related risk behaviors: a health belief model based study of junior school
students in a Safe Community in Shanghai. PLoS
One 2013, 8;8(8):e70563.
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Lee MS, Wu ZP, Svanstrom L, Dalal K*. Cyber bullying Prevention:
Intervention in Taiwan. PLoS
One. 2013; 8(5): e64031.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064031.
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Dalal K*, Dahlström, Timpka T. Interactions
between microfinance programs and non-economic empowerment of women associated
with intimate partner violence in Bangladesh. BMJ
Open 2013;3: e002941.
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Dalal K*, Lao Z, Gifford M, Svanstrom L. Economics of Global
Burden of Road Traffic Injuries and Their Relationship with Health System
Variables. International
Joiurnal of Preventive Medicine 2013;
4:1442-50.
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Sandor M, Dalal K*. Influencing factors on time of breastfeeding
initiation among a national representative sample of women in India. Health 2013; 5(12): 2169 -80.
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48. LiU Y, Dalal K*,
Stollenwerk B. The association between health system development and the
burden of cardiovascular disease: an analysis of WHO country profiles. PLoS One. (in press).
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Wang SM, Zou JL, Gifford M, Dalal K. Young students’ knowledge and
perception of health and fitness: A study in Shanghai, China. Health Education Journal. 2014;
73(1): 20 -27.
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Wang SM, Dalal K. Safe
Communities in China as a Strategy for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
Programmes in the Era of Rapid Economic Growth. 2012. Journal of Community Health 2013;38(1):205-14.
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Wang SM, Yuan D, Zou J, Yin M, Gifford M, Dalal
K*. Elderly injury prevention perspectives: a qualitative study of elderly
people in different socioeconomic strata within a Safe Community in Shanghai. HealthMed. 2012; 6(12): 4170 –
4178.
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Nilsen P, Bendtsen P, McCambridge J, Karlsson N, Dalal K. When is it appropriate to address
patients' alcohol consumption in health care-national survey of views of the
general population in Sweden. Addictive Behaviors. 2012, 37(11):1211-6.
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Dalal K*, Lao Z, Gifford M, Wang SM. Knowledge and attitudes towards childhood
injury prevention: a study of parents in Shanghai, China. HealthMed. 2012; 6 (11); 3783 –
3789.
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Dalal K*, Aremu O. Fairness
of utilizing healthcare facilities and out-of-pocket payment burden: evidence
from Cambodia. J Biosocial
Science. 2012 Sep 10:1-13.
[Epub ahead of print].
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Andrews J, Biswas A, Gifford, M, Eriksson C, Dalal K*. Identifying households with low
immunisation completion in Bangladesh. Health. 2012; 4(11), 1088 -97.
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Zhang L, Dalal K, Yin M, Yuan D, Andrews J, Wang S. The KAP evaluation of intervention on
fall-induced injuries among elders in a Safe Community in Shanghai, China. PloS One. 7(3): e32848.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032848.
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Lindqvist K, Dalal K. Impact of social standing on traffic injury
prevention in a WHO Safe Community. Health.
2012, 4(4): 216 -221.
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Wu J. Dalal K*. Tuberculosis
in Asia and the pacific: the role of socioeconomic status and health system
development. International
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2012;
3: 8- 16.
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Wang S, Dalal K. Road Traffic Injuries in Shanghai, China. HealthMed. 2012; 6(1): 74-80.
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Dalal K*, Lee MS, Gifford M. Male adolescents’ attitudes towards
wife beating: a multi-country study in South Asia. Journal of Adolescent Health.
2012, 50(5):437-42. ††† Best among top 20 publications in the field.†††
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Lao Z, Gifford M, Dalal K*. Economic cost of unintentional
injuries in children. International
Journal of Preventive Medicine.2012; 3(5):303-12.
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Dawad S, Dalal K*. Economic cost of domestic
violence. HealthMed 2011, 5(6 Suppl 1): 1931-40.
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Bazargan-hejazi S, Medeiros
s, Mohammadi R, Dalal K*. Patterns
of intimate partner violence: a study of female victims in Malawi. Journal of Injury and Violence
Research 2011, 7;5(1). doi: 10.5249/jivr.v5i1.139.
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Olatunde A, Lawoko S, Dalal K. The influence of individual and
contextual socioeconomic status on obstetric care utilization in Democratic
republic of Congo. International
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011;3(4):278-85.
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Dalal K*, Dawad S, Andrews JY. Intimate
partner violence and contraception use among women in Bangladesh. Journal of Bio Social Science 2011 Jun 16:1-12. [Epub ahead of
print].
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Andrews JY, Dalal K*. Traditional Umbilical Cord
Cutting Practices and Delivery Site in Bangladesh. International Journal of Gynecology
and Obstetrics 2011;
114(1):43-6.
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Aremu O, Lawoko S, Dalal K. Neighborhood socioeconomic
disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care
utilization in Nigeria: a multilevel discrete choice analysis. International Journal of Women’s
Health 2011: 3; 1–8.
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Rebeca K, Dalal K, Carlsson P. Evaluation of economic effects of
health research. International
Journal of Preventive Medicine 2011;
2(4): 203-215.
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Bendtsen P, Karlsson N, Dalal K, Nilsen P. Hazardous Drinking
Concepts, Limits and Methods: Low Levels of Awareness, Knowledge and Use in the
Swedish Population. Alcohol
& Alcohoism. 2011. [Epub ahead of print].
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Dalal K*, Shabnam J, Martensson L, Timpka T. Economic empowerment
of women in utilization of maternal delivery care. International Journal of Preventive
Medicine. 2012; 3(9):628-36.
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Lindqvist K,. Dalal K*. The impact of child safety promotion on
different social strata in a WHO Safe Community. Journal of Injury and Violence
Research 2012.4(1): 20 -25.
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Shabnam J, Gifford M, Dalal K*. Socioeconomic Inequalities in the
use of delivery care services in Bangladesh: A comparative study between 2004
and 2007. Health 2011;3(12):762-71.
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Dalal K*, Safanama S, Nilsen P. Barriers to utilization of medical
delivery care in Egypt. Intl
J of Health Sciences. (accepted) 2011.
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Wang S, Zou J; Yin M; Yuan D; Dalal K*. Injury Epidemiology in a
Safe Community Health Service Center in Shanghai, China. Health Med 2011; 5(3): 479 -485.
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Dalal K*. Does economic empowerment protect women from intimate
partner violence? Journal of
Injury and Violence Research 2011;
3(1): 35-44.
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Aremu O, Lawoko S, Moradi T, Dalal K. Socio-economic determinants
in selecting childhood diarrhoea treatment options in Sub-Saharan Africa:A
multilevel model. Italian
Journal of Pediatrics 2011;
37:13.doi:10.1186/1824-7288-37-13.
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Lio Y, Dalal K*. Cost-effectiveness analysis of medical treatment
of MI. International Journal
of Preventive Medicine 2011;
2(2): 64-72.
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Naeini HS, Lindqvist
K, Jafari HR, Mirlohi AH, Dalal
K. Playground unintentional
injuries among children. Open
Access Journal of Sports Medicine 2011:2;
61–68.
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Stenbacka M, Leifman L, Dalal K, Jansson B. Early Predictors of
Injury Mortality among Swedish Conscripts:A 35-Year Follow-up Study.Accident
Analysis&Prevention 2011;43(1):228-34.
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Ali DK, Dalal K, Yousefzade-Chabok
S, Jansson B,Mohammadi R. Costs related to drowning and near-drowning in
northern Iran (Guilan province). Ocean
& Coastal Management 2011;
54(3), 250-255.
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Dalal K*, Lindqvist K. A National Study of the Prevalence and
Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Women in India. Asia Pacific J of Public Health 2012; 24(2):265-77. Ω Best of Best 10 papers in the field
since its publication (BiomedLib).
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Aremu O, Lawoko S, Dalal K. Childhood Vitamin A Capsule
Supplementation overage in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of geographic and
socio-economic inequities. The
Scientific World Journal 2010;
10: 1901–1914.
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Biswas A, Rahman A, Rahman F, Mashreky S, Dalal K*. Injuries and
violence against children during flood in rural Bangladesh. Rural and Remote Health 2010; 10(1):1199.
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Zhu Y, Dalal K.* Childhood
exposure to domestic violence and attitude towards wife-beating in adult life
-a study of men in India. Journal
of Biosocial Science 2010; 42(2): 255-69.
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Dalal K*, Lawoko S, Jansson B. The relationship between Intimate
Partner Violence and maternal practices to correct child behaviour: A study on
Egyptian women. Journal of
Violence and Injury Research 2010;
2(1): 25-33.
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Dalal K*, Lawoko S, Jansson B. Women’s attitudes towards
discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt. Journal of Violence and Injury
Research 2010; 2(1):
41-47. Ω Best of Best 10 papers in the
field since its publication (BiomedLib).
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Dalal K*, Dawad S. Non-utilization of public health care
facilities: examining the reasons through a national study of women in India. Rural & Remote Health.
2009; 9(3):1178. Epub 2009 Sep 3. 2009 Ω Best of Best 10 papers in the field
since its publication (BiomedLib).
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Dalal K*. Attitude toward wife beating: A multi-country study of
male adolescents. Adolescent
Health, Medicine and Therapeutics. 2010 (accepted).
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Dalal K*, Rahman F, Jansson B. Wife
abuse in Rural Bangladesh. Journal
of Biosocial Science 2009; 41:
561–573. Ω Koustuv had
media interviews for the article.
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Dalal K*. Rahman A. Out-of-pocket payments for unintentional
injuries: a study in rural Bangladesh. International
Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion 2009; 16(1): 41-47.
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Dalal K*, Rahman F, Jansson B. The origin of violent behaviour
among child labour in India. Global
Public Health 2008; 3 (1): 77
- 92.
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Emenike E, Lawoko S, Dalal K. Intimate partner violence and
reproductive health of women in Kenya. International
Nursing Review 2008; 55(1): 97-102.
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Dalal K*, Jansson B. Cost
calculation and economic analysis of violence in low-income country: a model
for India. African Safety
Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention 2007; 5(1): 45 - 56. Ω Received ’Best Scientific Paper’
Award at World Injury Conference.
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Dalal K*. Hurdles and challenges of field survey for collection of
health data in Rural India. Health
Survey Research Methods. CDC:
Atlanta. Pp. 159 -162. 2007.
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Lawoko S, Dalal K, Jiayou L, Jansson B. Social inequality in
intimate partner violence: a study of women in Kenya. Violence and Victims 2007; 22(6): 773-784.
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Last Updated: 2014-08-14